Word: partnerships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sukarno himself is less a strongman than a symbol. He must rule in partnership, and only two organizations-the army and the Communist Party-have the efficiency and administrative knack to help him govern. In naming his ten-man "inner" Cabinet last week, Sukarno clearly chose the army. Not a single post went to a Communist or a fellow traveler. Able ex-Premier Djuanda was named First Minister and Finance Minister. The army got two plums: the important Ministry of Security and Defense went to Army Commander Lieut. General A. Haris Nasution and the Production Ministry to Colonel Suprajogi...
...stricken land. Anticipating his arrival, army commanders converged on the capital, took rooms in the rambling red brick Hotel des Indes, discussed the situation far into the night. Strongly supporting their chief of staff, Lieut. General Abdul Haris Nasution, 40, the officers still seem eager to seek a workable partnership with Sukarno. Urging a return to the President's 1945 constitution and a further dose of "guided" democracy, they demanded a more streamlined administration-under army control-to get the economy back on its feet...
...dedication site near the St. Lambert lock, Elizabeth pointedly emphasized her role as Queen of Canada: ''The seaway is a magnificent monument to the enduring friendship of our two nations and to their partnership in the development of North America." Ike responded with a tribute to "all the people of Canada over whom you reign." Then, with a slight grin, he continued: "Because we are in this beautiful part of Canada where French is principally spoken [the Queen had delivered part of her speech in French], will you permit me a single halting sentence of my Western prairie...
...great association that symbolizes and inspires its unity and continuity. Calmly seeing her duty, she has pledged herself to a Commonwealth "built on the highest qualities of the spirit of man: friendship, loyalty, and the desire for freedom and peace. To that new conception of an equal partnership of nations and races I shall give myself heart and soul every day of my life...
Washington's answer is that 1) there is no special U.S.-British partnership, and 2) France cannot get into it. It hopes not to antagonize De Gaulle but to counter his demands with sweetly reasonable explanations of the impossibility of complying with them. Those who dealt with the general in World War II know that such tactics have never before persuaded De Gaulle to abandon what he considers legitimate national goals...